(Cat? OR feline) AND NOT dog?
Cat? W/5 behavior
(Cat? OR feline) AND traits
Cat AND charact*

This guide provides a more detailed description of the syntax that is supported along with examples.

This search box also supports the look-up of an IP.com Digital Signature (also referred to as Fingerprint); enter the 72-, 48-, or 32-character code to retrieve details of the associated file or submission.

Concept Search - What can I type?

For a concept search, you can enter phrases, sentences, or full paragraphs in English. For example, copy and paste the abstract of a patent application or paragraphs from an article.

Concept search eliminates the need for complex Boolean syntax to inform retrieval. Our Semantic Gist engine uses advanced cognitive semantic analysis to extract the meaning of data. This reduces the chances of missing valuable information, that may result from traditional keyword searching.

Publishing Venue

Related People

Abstract

A method and system for displaying sponsored search results along with web search results in a graphical manner is disclosed. The sponsored search results are dynamically integrated with web search results. Thereafter, search keywords used by a user are mapped with appropriate coloring of sponsored search results thereby providing an overall projection of the search results to the user in the graphical manner.

Copyright

(c) Yahoo! 2010. All Rights Reserved.

Country

Undisclosed

Language

English (United States)

This text was extracted from a Microsoft Word document.

At least one non-text object (such as an image or picture) has been suppressed.

This is the abbreviated version, containing approximately
51% of the total text.

Method and System for
Displaying Sponsored Search Results along with Web Search Results in a
Graphical Manner

Abstract

A
method and system for displaying sponsored search results along with web search
results in a graphical manner is disclosed.
The sponsored search results are dynamically integrated with web search
results. Thereafter, search keywords
used by a user are mapped with appropriate coloring of sponsored search results
thereby providing an overall projection of the search results to the user in
the graphical manner.

Description

Disclosed
is a method and system for displaying sponsored search results along with web
search results in a graphical manner. Typically,
a search engine, such as Yahoo!* search engine, receives search keywords from a
user. In response, the search engine
performs a search and fetches web search results. Thereafter, the search engine dynamically
integrates web search results with sponsored search results as overall search
results. The overall search results are then
organized into nodes or branches of a tree and are displayed to the user in the
graphical manner as an interactive tree diagram. This graphical representation of the overall
search results helps the user in quickly browsing the overall search results, as
the user is not required to go through a list of overall search results
displayed as links in a traditional manner.

The
interactive tree diagram of the overall search results include a link per node.
Further, depending on a type of the link,
a different visual symbol in the form of a block having specific shape is
displayed for each node. In addition to
using different visual symbol for each node, different colors are used for
depicting different symbols thereby differentiating the displayed overall search
results. This methodology also helps in
categorizing similar search results for representing more details of the link
or the expansion of the link. Moreover, the
interactive tree diagram displays connections between nodes depicting the
relationship between the overall search results. For example, a link of a node may be colored
red for depicting a hot topic and a hot trend. Similarly, a link of a node may be colored
blue for depicting that the link leads to a sales website. A yellow colored link may depict a
transitional link. Likewise, for blocks,
a node depicted as a circle may depict a final term, i.e. expansion of the node
is not possible as it is a final term.
In the similar fashion, a node depicted as a rectangular shaped box with
smooth corners depicts expansion term.
If a node, shaped as a rectangular shaped box with smooth corners, has a
link which is colored blue, then the link depicts that the clicking the node
will lead to a sales website.

Additionally,
the interactive tree diagram of the overall search results helps in displaying more
information pertaining to search results such as, search results that are sponsored,
most popular, latest, trending...